Miranda
The Pink Rose
Historical Romance
Miranda is an executive, the owner of a bank, carries a gun in her purse, kills a man, and falls in love with a gambler. What’s different about Miranda? She doesn’t live in the twenty first century she lives in the late 1800’s.
A forbidden passion prevails over a lifetime between a spirited young socialite and a known gambler in the late 1800’s. Miranda Cathleen Curry, a feisty young Irish woman and an heir to a large fortune is a survivor even after the loss of her family, husband, and baby. Miranda vows to rebuild the Old Grand Hotel, her bank, and her life after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, never letting anyone or anything get the best of her.
Miranda’s story is one of a love that transcends social norms, encompassing two love stories one with Vaughn, a known gambler and her one true love that is forbidden, and the other with Oliver a socially correct marriage. The precariousness of social class and class prejudice in the late 1800’s contributes to the loss of Vaughn, forcing him to leave a life she had planned. Miranda is unwavering as she fights loneliness, her albatross that shows no mercy as it tries to squeeze the life out of her time after time.
The Pink Rose
Historical Romance
Miranda is an executive, the owner of a bank, carries a gun in her purse, kills a man, and falls in love with a gambler. What’s different about Miranda? She doesn’t live in the twenty first century she lives in the late 1800’s.
A forbidden passion prevails over a lifetime between a spirited young socialite and a known gambler in the late 1800’s. Miranda Cathleen Curry, a feisty young Irish woman and an heir to a large fortune is a survivor even after the loss of her family, husband, and baby. Miranda vows to rebuild the Old Grand Hotel, her bank, and her life after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, never letting anyone or anything get the best of her.
Miranda’s story is one of a love that transcends social norms, encompassing two love stories one with Vaughn, a known gambler and her one true love that is forbidden, and the other with Oliver a socially correct marriage. The precariousness of social class and class prejudice in the late 1800’s contributes to the loss of Vaughn, forcing him to leave a life she had planned. Miranda is unwavering as she fights loneliness, her albatross that shows no mercy as it tries to squeeze the life out of her time after time.
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Prologue Going Home April 19th, 1955 The gray haired woman, Emily Grace Sims, stepped from her car. The car door closed; however, she didn’t move; a lone tear escaped and ran down her face. “Now, Emily Grace you stop that! There will be no more tears,” a caring voice sang into the morning air bringing a smile to her face. Her intense blue eyes stared at the stately house remembering that day in April when the ground shook with enormous power leaving death and destruction all around, but this house was a survivor standing tall for over a hundred years. The weeds now had taken over the once manicured gardens, but the heads of a few roses were poking through the mangled mess showing their magnificent colors of pink and red. The only thing missing from the home was the dark haired, hazel-eyed woman who had lived here for over fifty years. Emily Grace’s hand turned the doorknob as she pushed the wooden front door open. The only sound in the quiet home was the clicking of her shoes on the marble floor in the vestibule. A cobweb swayed from the ceiling in the slight breeze of the open door. She made her way into the parlor. A layer of dust blanketed the furniture looking like ghosts covered in white cloths draped to the floor in the once spotless room. Stopping next to the massive bay window tears glistened in her eyes as she remembered times when this house was full of laughter and joy and she stared at the beautiful blue water surrounding the Golden Gate Bridge. |
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